In the evening another boat came to them on the shore, and because they had some tobacco, which they brought for their own use, the other came for us, making sign what they had, and offered to carry some of us in their boat, but four or five of us went with them in our own boat; when we came on shore they gave us the best welcome they could, spreading fallow deer's skins for us to sit on the ground by their fire, and gave us of their tobacco in our pipes, which was excellent, and so generally commended of us all, to be as good as any we ever took, being the simple leaf without any composition, strong and of sweet taste; they gave us some to carry to our captain whom they called our bashabes: neither did they require anything for it, but we would not receive any thing from them without remuneration.

Here we saw four of their women, who stood behind them as desirous to see us, but not willing to be seen; for before whensoever we came on shore, they retired into the woods, whether it were in regard of their own natural modesty, being covered only as the men with the foresaid beaver's skins, or by the commanding jealousy of their husbands, which we rather suspected, because it is an inclination much noted to be in savages; wherefore we would by no means seem to take any special notice of them. They were very well favored in proportion of countenance, though colored black, low of stature, and fat, bare-headed as the men, wearing their hair long; they had two little male children of a year and a half old as we judged, very fat and of good countenances, which they love tenderly, all naked except their legs, which were covered with their leather buskins tewed, fastened with strops to a girdle about their waist, which they gird very straight, and is decked round about with little round pieces of red copper: to these I gave chains and bracelets, glasses, and other trifles, which the savages, seemed to accept in great kindness.

At our coming away, we would have had those two that supped with us, to go aboard and sleep, as they had promised but it appeared their company would not suffer them. Whereat we might easily perceive they were much grieved; but not long after our departure, they came with three more to our ship, signing to us, that if one of our company would go lie on shore with them, they would stay with us. Then

Owen Griffin (one of the two we were to leave in the country, if we had thought it needful or convenient) went with them in their canoe, and three of them stayed aboard us, whom our whole company very kindly used. Our captain saw their lodging provided, and them lodged in an old sail. upon the orlop; and because they much feared our dogs, they were tied up whensoever any of them came aboard us. Owen Griffin, which lay on the shore, reported unto me their manner, and as I may term them the ceremonies of their idolatry, which they perform thus. One among them (the eldest of the company as he judged) riseth right up, the other sitting still, and looking about suddenly cried with a loud voice, baugh, waugh: then the women fall down, and lie upon the ground; and the men altogether answering the same, fall a stamping round about the fire with both feet, as hard as they can, making the ground shake, with sundry outcries, and change of voice and sound. Many take the fire sticks and thrust them into the earth, and then rest awhile; of a sudden beginning as before, they continue so stamping, till the younger sort fetched from the shore many stones of which every man took one, and first beat upon them with their fire sticks, then with the stones beat the earth with all their strength, and in this manner (as he reported) they continued above two hours.

After this ended, they which have wives take them apart and withdraw themselves severally into the wood all night. The next morning as soon as they saw the sun rise, they pointed to him to come with them to our ship: and having received their men from us, they came with five or six of their canoes and company hovering about our ship: to whom (because it was the Sabbath day) I signed they should depart, and at the next sun-rising we would go along with them to their houses: which they understood (as we thought) and departed, some of their canoes coursing about the island, and the other directly towards the main.

This day about five o'clock after noon, came three other canoes from the main, of which some had been with us before and they came aboard us, and brought us tobacco, which we took with them in their pipes, which were made. of earth, very strong, black, and short, containing a great quantity; some tobacco they gave unto our captain, and

some to me, in very civil kind manner; we requited them
with bread and pease, which they carried to their company
on shore, seeming very thankful; after supper they returned
with their canoe to fetch us ashore to take tobacco with
them there, with whom six or seven of us went, and carried
some trifles, if peradventure they had any truck, among
which I carried some few biscuits, to try if they would
exchange for them, seeing they so well liked to eat them.
When we came at shore they most kindly entertained us,
taking us by the hands, as they had observed we did to
them aboard in token of welcome, and brought us to sit
down by their fire, where sat together thirteen of them.
They filled their tobacco pipe, which was then the short
claw of a lobster, which will hold ten of our pipes full, and
we drank of their excellent tobacco as much as we would
with them; but we saw not any great quantity to truck for;
and it seemed they had not much left of old, for they spend
a great quantity yearly by their continual drinking and
they would sign unto us, that it was grown yet but a foot
above ground, and would be above a yard high, with a leaf
as broad as both their hands. They often would (by pointing
to one part of the main eastward) sign unto us, that their
Bashabes (that is their king) had great plenty of furs, and
much tobacco. When we had sufficiently taken tobacco
with them, I shewed some of our trifles to trade, but they
made sign that they had there nothing to exchange; for (as
I after conceived) they had been fishing and fowling, and so
came thither to lodge that night by us; for when we were
ready to come away, they shewed us great cups made very
wittily of bark, in form almost square, full of a red berry
about the bigness of a bullis, which they did eat, and gave
us by handfulls; of which (though I liked not the taste) yet
I kept some, because I would by no means but accept their
kindness. They shewed me likewise a great piece of fish,
whereof I tasted, and it was fat like porpoise: and another
kind of great scaly fish, broiled on the coals, much like
white salmon, which the Frenchmen call aloza,* for these
they would have had bread; which I refused, because in
manner of exchange, I would always make the greatest

[L'Alose is the shad.]

esteem I could of our commodities whatsoever; although they saw aboard our captain was liberal to give them, to the end we might allure them still to frequent us. Then they shewed me four young goslings, for which they required four biscuits, but I offered them two; which they took and were well content.

At our departure they made sign, that if any of us would stay there on shore some of them would go lie aboard us; at which motion two of our company stayed with them, and three of the savages lodged with us in manner as the night before.

Early the next morning, being Monday, the third of June, when they had brought our men aboard, they came about our ship, earnestly by signs desiring that we would go with them along to the main, for that there they had furs and tobacco to traffick with us. Wherefore our captain manned the light-horseman with as many men as he could well, which were about fifteen with rowers and all: and we went along with them. Two of their canoes they sent away before, and they which lay aboard us all night, kept company with

us to direct us.

This we noted as we went along, they in their canoe with three oars, would at their will go ahead of us and about us, when we rowed with eight oars strong; such was their swiftness, by reason of the lightness and artificial composition of their canoe and oars.

When we came near the point where we saw their fires, where they intended to land, and where they imagined some few of us would come on shore with our merchandise, as we had accustomed before, when they had often numbered our men very diligently, they scoured away to their company, not doubting we would have followed them. But when we perceived this, and knew not either their intents or number of savages on the shore, our captain, after consultation, stood off, and wafted them to us, determining that I should go on shore first to take a view of them, and what they had to traffic; if he, whom at our first sight of them seemed to be of most respect among them, and being then in the canoe, would stay as a pawn for me. When they came to us (notwithstanding all our former courtesies) he utterly refused, but would leave a young savage, and for him our captain

sent Griffen in their canoe, while we lay hulling a little off. Griffen, at his return, reported that they had there assembled together, as he numbered them, two hundred eighty-three savages, every one his bow and arrows, with their dogs and wolves, which they keep tame, at command, and not anything to exchange at all; but would have drawn us further up into a little narrow nook of a river, for their furs, as they pretended.

These things considered, we began to join them in the rank of other savages, who have been by travellers in most discoveries found very treacherous, never attempting mischief until, by some remissness, fit opportunity afforded them certain ability to execute the same. Wherefore, after good advice taken, we determined, so soon as we could, to take some of them, least (being suspicious we had discovered their plots) they should absent themselves from us.

Tuesday, the fourth of June, our men took cod and haddock with hooks by our ship side, and lobsters very great, which before we had not tried.

About eight o'clock, this day, we went on shore with our boats, to fetch aboard water and wood, our captain leaving word with the gunner in the ship, by discharging a musket, to give notice if they espied any canoe coming, which they did about ten o'clock. He therefore, being careful they should be kindly treated, requested me to go aboard, intending with dispatch to make what haste after he possibly could. When I came to the ship there were two canoes, and in either of them three savages, of whom two were below at the fire; the others staid in their canoes about the ship, and because we could not entice them aboard we gave them a can of pease and bread, which they carried to the shore to eat; but one of them brought back our can presently, and staid aboard with the other two; for he being young, of a of a ready capacity, and one we most desired to bring with us into England, had received exceeding kind usage at our hands, and was therefore much delighted in our company. When our captain was come, we consulted how to catch the other three at shore, which we performed thus.

We manned the light horseman with seven or eight men, one standing before carried our box of merchandise, as we